– All-Star Parade of Bands – Stan Kenton, live At Sardi’s, Hollywood – June 4, 1956 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Golden Age of Big Bands was rapidly becoming a thing of the past, but there were still stalwarts criss-crossing the country in 1956. One
Bastille – in session at VPRO – Amsterdam – May 7, 2013 Over to Amsterdam tonight for a session by London-based Alternative band Bastille at VPRO Radio 3 for the It’s Alive program. Less than three years into it, Bastille had been getting a lot of positive response since their
ELO this morning. One of the most popular bands of the early 1970s, and certainly one of the most successful from that decade. The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) began life from the wreckage of The Move, which featured ELO founding members Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and drummer Bev Bevan. Roy
– 20th Century Nomads – CBS Radio: The Hidden Revolution – January 4,1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection There was a time, if you lived in Los Angeles, that you would invariably say you actually weren’t born in Los Angeles, but born somewhere, most likely the East Coast. The Great
– CBS World News Roundup – November 6, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The flood of East Germans pouring into West Berlin continued without stop on this day 35 years ago. The East German government was quickly amending travel laws, allowing anyone from East Germany to visit the
CBS World News Roundup – November 4, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On November 4th 1989 the grumblings began to roar and the ripple became a Tsunami of people as hundreds of thousands in East Berlin took to the streets, pressing their demands for political freedom. It was the
– Two Door Cinema Club – Live at Pinkpop Festival – June 13, 2011 – VPRO-Netherlands Two Door Cinema Club to get Monday up and rolling. Two Door Cinema Club formed in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland in 2007. The band is composed of three members: Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm
– 10,000 Maniacs in concert at Sadlers Wells Theatre, London – 1988 – BBC 6 Music – Jumping into the 80s this morning with a concert by 10,000 Maniacs, live in London at the Sadlers Wells Theatre in 1988 and recorded by the venerable BBC 6 Music. During that lull
Teenage Fanclub, live at La Cigale, Paris – via RAI Radio 2 – April 11, 1993 – Jumping into the 90s this morning for a concert featuring Teenage Fanclub, recorded live in Paris and run on RAI Radio 2 in Rome on April 11, 1993. Taking the decade into consideration,
– Get Well Soon at Berlin Trafo – Jan. 13, 2013 Heading into the middle of the week with a band (artist) we’re not hearing a whole lot about lately. Get Well Soon is the brainchild of Konstantin Gropper who started it in 2003 and, according to Wikipedia, still appears
